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Indian Army paratrooper plunges to death as parachute fails to open

Updated At : 11:22 PM Mar 23, 2018 IST

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New Delhi, March 23

An Indian Army paratrooper, Lance Sunil Naik, died in an accident while taking part in a training mission on Friday at Agra.

His parachute did not open after he jumped out of a special operations plane on a training mission from an altitude of 6,000 feet.

He reportedly died on the spot.

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